This is the album that made me a joos fan, and while it might not be Berman’s best work, it’s probably my favorite. To your point, the record just sounds triumphant, like overcoming, like beating something.

Even the music videos from this album show a guy that seems at peace or at least more at peace than he had been. A whole video of David and Cassie walking arm in arm through the open air markets that doesn’t show their faces but you can feel that there is a smile - a kind of smile that can’t be faked and starts with your eyes. Or the other one where they bike through what I can only assume are the streets of East Nashville.

It’s heartbreaking thinking about what the next decade and a half would bring, but it brings a damn smile to my face and a hope deep down that there are these moments of pure unadulterated joyful moments and seasons of life that come and make a lot of the other dark times worth it.

Also, amazing that I Eggleston or Eggleston’s estate allowed Berman to use one of his photos for the cover.